PIRSA:11110076

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https://pirsa.org/11110076

Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics

Abramsky, S. (2011). Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/11110076

Abramsky, Samson. Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 02, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11110076 

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            language = {en},
            title = {Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2011},
            month = {nov},
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Samson Abramsky University of Oxford

Talk numberPIRSA:11110076
DOI10.48660/11110076
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

Ideas about information are pervasive, yet the fundamental nature and structure of information - if indeed it has one! - remains elusive. Work done from many different perspectives, including those of physics, biology, logic, computer science, statistics, and game and decision theory, has yielded insights into various aspects of information. Could there be a comprehensive, unified theory? We shall chart a particular path, focusing on the idea of *information flow*, and show how common mathematical structures arise in the description of information flow in computer science, logic and quantum information.